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Cities in Utah by unemployed people, 2025

Salt Lake City, UT had the highest unemployed people of 39 cities in 2025, at 4,651. Farmington, UT had the lowest, at 405. The median was 892. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest4,651Salt Lake City, UT
Lowest405Farmington, UT
Median89239 cities

All cities, 2025

Salt Lake City, UT: 4,651 personsSalt Lake City, UT4,651West Valley City, UT: 2,977 personsWest Valley City, UT2,977West Jordan, UT: 2,411 personsWest Jordan, UT2,411Provo, UT: 2,155 personsProvo, UT2,155Ogden, UT: 1,977 personsOgden, UT1,977Sandy, UT: 1,865 personsSandy, UT1,865Orem, UT: 1,786 personsOrem, UT1,786St. George, UT: 1,723 personsSt. George, UT1,723South Jordan, UT: 1,563 personsSouth Jordan, UT1,563Layton, UT: 1,468 personsLayton, UT1,468Lehi, UT: 1,419 personsLehi, UT1,419Taylorsville, UT: 1,262 personsTaylorsville, UT1,262Millcreek, UT: 1,257 personsMillcreek, UT1,257Murray, UT: 1,128 personsMurray, UT1,128Herriman, UT: 1,054 personsHerriman, UT1,054Eagle Mountain, UT: 1,002 personsEagle Mountain, UT1,002Draper, UT: 959 personsDraper, UT959Logan, UT: 956 personsLogan, UT956Saratoga Springs, UT: 927 personsSaratoga Springs, UT927Tooele, UT: 892 personsTooele, UT892Kearns, UT: 861 personsKearns, UT861Spanish Fork, UT: 847 personsSpanish Fork, UT847Riverton, UT: 819 personsRiverton, UT819Midvale, UT: 805 personsMidvale, UT805Bountiful, UT: 800 personsBountiful, UT800American Fork, UT: 797 personsAmerican Fork, UT797Roy, UT: 775 personsRoy, UT775Magna, UT: 724 personsMagna, UT724Cedar City, UT: 698 personsCedar City, UT698Cottonwood Heights, UT: 684 personsCottonwood Heights, UT684Pleasant Grove, UT: 668 personsPleasant Grove, UT668Clearfield, UT: 666 personsClearfield, UT666Springville, UT: 646 personsSpringville, UT646South Salt Lake, UT: 636 personsSouth Salt Lake, UT636Holladay, UT: 586 personsHolladay, UT586Syracuse, UT: 577 personsSyracuse, UT577Washington, UT: 567 personsWashington, UT567Kaysville, UT: 483 personsKaysville, UT483Farmington, UT: 405 personsFarmington, UT405Salt Lake City, UT: 4,651 personsSalt Lake City, UT4,651West Valley City, UT: 2,977 personsWest Valley City, UT2,977West Jordan, UT: 2,411 personsWest Jordan, UT2,411Provo, UT: 2,155 personsProvo, UT2,155Ogden, UT: 1,977 personsOgden, UT1,977Sandy, UT: 1,865 personsSandy, UT1,865Orem, UT: 1,786 personsOrem, UT1,786St. George, UT: 1,723 personsSt. George, UT1,723South Jordan, UT: 1,563 personsSouth Jordan, UT1,563Layton, UT: 1,468 personsLayton, UT1,468Lehi, UT: 1,419 personsLehi, UT1,419Taylorsville, UT: 1,262 personsTaylorsville, UT1,262Millcreek, UT: 1,257 personsMillcreek, UT1,257Murray, UT: 1,128 personsMurray, UT1,128Herriman, UT: 1,054 personsHerriman, UT1,054Eagle Mountain, UT: 1,002 personsEagle Mountain, UT1,002Draper, UT: 959 personsDraper, UT959Logan, UT: 956 personsLogan, UT956Saratoga Springs, UT: 927 personsSaratoga Springs, UT927Tooele, UT: 892 personsTooele, UT892Kearns, UT: 861 personsKearns, UT861Spanish Fork, UT: 847 personsSpanish Fork, UT847Riverton, UT: 819 personsRiverton, UT819Midvale, UT: 805 personsMidvale, UT805Bountiful, UT: 800 personsBountiful, UT800American Fork, UT: 797 personsAmerican Fork, UT797Roy, UT: 775 personsRoy, UT775Magna, UT: 724 personsMagna, UT724Cedar City, UT: 698 personsCedar City, UT698Cottonwood Heights, UT: 684 personsCottonwood Heights, UT684Pleasant Grove, UT: 668 personsPleasant Grove, UT668Clearfield, UT: 666 personsClearfield, UT666Springville, UT: 646 personsSpringville, UT646South Salt Lake, UT: 636 personsSouth Salt Lake, UT636Holladay, UT: 586 personsHolladay, UT586Syracuse, UT: 577 personsSyracuse, UT577Washington, UT: 567 personsWashington, UT567Kaysville, UT: 483 personsKaysville, UT483Farmington, UT: 405 personsFarmington, UT405
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Salt Lake City, UT4,651+9.9%
2West Valley City, UT2,977+13.3%
3West Jordan, UT2,411+12%
4Provo, UT2,155+7.3%
5Ogden, UT1,977+12.1%
6Sandy, UT1,865+7.1%
7Orem, UT1,786+4%
8St. George, UT1,723+4%
9South Jordan, UT1,563+7.6%
10Layton, UT1,468+8.8%
11Lehi, UT1,419+0.3%
12Taylorsville, UT1,262+11%
13Millcreek, UT1,257+6%
14Murray, UT1,128+9.3%
15Herriman, UT1,054+13.3%
16Eagle Mountain, UT1,002+13.9%
17Draper, UT959+6.8%
18Logan, UT956+6.1%
19Saratoga Springs, UT927+12.4%
20Tooele, UT892+12.6%
21Kearns, UT861+10.4%
22Spanish Fork, UT847+16.3%
23Riverton, UT819+9.9%
24Midvale, UT805+6.9%
25Bountiful, UT800+9.1%
26American Fork, UT797+12.6%
27Roy, UT775+10.9%
28Magna, UT724+12.1%
29Cedar City, UT698+9.9%
30Cottonwood Heights, UT684+7%
31Pleasant Grove, UT668+9.2%
32Clearfield, UT666+10.3%
33Springville, UT646+12.5%
34South Salt Lake, UT636+10.8%
35Holladay, UT586+7.7%
36Syracuse, UT577+10.3%
37Washington, UT567+8.4%
38Kaysville, UT483+3.4%
39Farmington, UT405+10.7%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Utah by unemployed people, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Utah by unemployed people, 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/utah-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in Utah by unemployed people, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/utah-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Utah by unemployed people, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/utah-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Salt Lake City, UT, with 4,651 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Farmington, UT, with 405 in 2025.

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